We utilized the expected appointment of Callista Gingrich as ambassador to the Vatican to question the post itself.

“With Donald Trump set to nominate Callista Gingrich to serve as the new ambassador to the Vatican, some are calling for the position to be abandoned entirely,” Hemant Mehta writes at his popular Friendly Atheist blog. “The ambassadorship is ‘unconstitutional and inappropriate,’ according to the Freedom From Religion Foundation.”

Florida should know that we’re very willing to take on state governments. Texas — with whom we have a long history — proves it. The Texas attorney general announced that he would be siding with a judicial official whom FFRF has sued over his practice of regular courtroom prayer. FFRF counterpunched, asking for an investigation of the ties between the AG and a theocratic group that’s defending the official.

“It’s clear that the attorney general has a close relationship with this religious advocacy organization,” says Annie Laurie Gaylor. “But what we’re concerned about is whether he’s abused his position to further First Liberty’s religious agenda.”